Measuring domain relevance of data and identifying or selecting well-fit domain data for machine translation (MT) is a well-studied topic, but denoising is not yet. Denoising is concerned with a different type of data quality and tries to reduce the negative impact of data noise on MT training, in particular, neural MT…
Data selection methods, such as active learning and core-set selection, are useful tools for machine learning on large datasets. However, they can be prohibitively expensive to apply in deep learning because they depend on feature representations that need to be learned. In this work, we show that we can greatly improv…
The paper develops an algorithm to select a subset of training data for efficient regression models.
problem Designing an efficient algorithm for selecting a subset of training data to train regression models quickly without sacrificing accuracy.
method The paper tackles this problem by formulating it as a minimization of training loss with respect to both trainable parameters and subset of training data, subject to error bounds on the validation set. They use a novel problem formulation and represent it with simplified constraints using the dual of the original training problem. They then develop SELCON, an efficient majorization-minimization algorithm for data subset selection, which admits an approximation guarantee.
result The experiments show that SELCON trades off accuracy and efficiency more effectively than the current state-of-the-art.
DRCS selects a subset of data to minimize worst-case test error under covariate shift.
problem Selecting a subset of data that performs well across different deployment scenarios when data distributions differ.
method DRCS derives an upper bound for the worst-case test error assuming covariate shift and selects instances to minimize this bound.
result DRCS achieves distributionally robust training instance selection.
ES improves training efficiency by dynamically selecting data samples.
problem Efficiently selecting informative data samples for faster learning.
method Evolved Sampling (ES) dynamically selects data samples based on loss dynamics and differences.
result ES achieves significant training acceleration without compromising model performance.
This paper improves volatility forecasting using dynamic subset selection in genetic programming.
problem Improving accuracy of implied volatility forecasting.
method Dynamic training-subset selection methods applied to genetic programming.
result Dynamic subset selection improves predictive accuracy of genetic programming models.
BWS selects best window subsets for efficient data pruning.
problem Challenges in selecting subsets of large datasets for neural network training.
method Best Window Selection (BWS) by choosing optimal window intervals from ordered sample scores.
result BWS outperforms other methods across various selection ratios and datasets.
Supervised machine learning based state-of-the-art computer vision techniques are in general data hungry and pose the challenges of not having adequate computing resources and of high costs involved in human labeling efforts. Training data subset selection and active learning techniques have been proposed as possible s…
A new data augmentation method selects mixed classes based on class distances for better performance.
problem Improving recognition accuracy in object recognition using deep learning.
method Calculates class distances and selects mixed data from suitable classes dynamically.
result Improves recognition performance on general and long-tailed image recognition datasets.
PEAKS selects key training examples incrementally based on prediction error and kernel similarity.
problem Dynamic data selection in deep learning models.
method Prediction Error Anchored by Kernel Similarity (PEAKS) for incremental data selection.
result PEAKS outperforms existing selection strategies and yields better performance returns as training data size grows.
CAMS selects best pre-trained model for unlabeled data points.
problem Efficiently utilizing pre-trained models and unlabeled data.
method Contextual active model selection algorithm with two components: contextual model selection and active query.
result CAMS requires less than 10% labeling effort compared to existing methods, achieving similar or better accuracy.
Modyn automates continuous ML model training on growing datasets.
problem Continuous model retraining is costly and impractical.
method Data-centric ML platform with policies for continuous training.
result Modyn enables high throughput training with sample-level data selection.
Proposes a sample selection algorithm for fair and robust AI training.
problem Balancing fairness and robustness in AI models, especially with corrupted data.
method Formulates and solves a combinatorial optimization problem for unbiased sample selection, proposing a greedy algorithm.
result Improves fairness and robustness compared to state-of-the-art techniques, both synthetically and on real datasets.
Data selection boosts fact memorization in language models.
problem Language models struggle to accurately memorize factual knowledge.
method Formalizes fact memorization, proposes data selection schemes based on training loss.
result Data selection boosts fact accuracy to model capacity and improves performance.
New method selects data points for better model performance.
problem Balancing input coverage and model utility in selective prediction.
method Study training dynamics to reject inputs with unstable predictions.
result State-of-the-art selective prediction performance achieved without model modifications.
The paper improves self-training in semi-supervised learning by selecting more robust pseudo-labeled data.
problem Improving the reliability of pseudo-labeled data selection in self-training for semi-supervised learning.
method Proposes a multi-objective utility function to select pseudo-labeled data that maximizes reliability, considering model selection, accumulation of errors, and covariate shift uncertainties.
result Robustness towards model choice can lead to substantial accuracy gains in self-training.
Fine-tuning with pre-training data improves performance.
problem Limited training data for tasks.
method Theoretical analysis of excess risk bound and selection of pre-training data subset.
result Improvement in generalization performance with pre-training data.
A new method selects the best feature selection technique for datasets.
problem Selecting the best feature selection method for unseen datasets.
method Data synthesis, meta features, fuzzy similarity, classification model training.
result Successfully recommended the best feature selection method for five out of eight datasets.
New method stabilizes model selection with theoretical guarantees.
problem Stability of model selection methods in the face of noisy or incomplete data.
method Combines bagging with an 'inflated' argmax operation to select a stable set of models.
result Stable model selection with high probability of overlap after removing any data point.
A new method selects training samples for fine-tuning using validation set inference.
problem Selecting training examples for fine-tuning with limited target data.
method Invert train-validation roles; select samples affecting most predictions.
result Our method achieves lower test log-loss than state-of-the-art approaches.
Subset selection improves weak supervision performance.
problem Optimizing the use of weakly-labeled data.
method Combining pretrained data representations with the cut statistic for subset selection.
result Subset selection improves weak supervision performance by up to 19%.
The paper explores how to select data points for optimal learning performance.
problem Optimizing data selection for empirical risk minimizers.
method Fixing a learning rule and focusing on optimizing the training data selection.
result Achieving performance comparable to training on the entire population with a small subset of data points.
Develops a robust training framework to detect backdoor attacks in DNNs.
problem Vulnerability of DNNs to backdoor attacks by poisoned training data.
method Collider framework selects prominent samples based on geometric structures and coreset selection objective.
result Significantly reduces backdoor success rate in various poisoned datasets.
D3M debiases models by selectively removing problematic examples.
problem Model failures on underrepresented subgroups.
method Isolates and removes specific training examples that cause failures.
result Efficiently trains debiased classifiers with minimal example removal.
Bayesian approach to selecting data for machine learning.
problem Iterative data selection in machine learning algorithms.
method Embedding data selection into decision theory and deriving Bayes-optimal criteria.
result Mitigates confirmation bias in data selection.
FairBatch optimizes model fairness without changing data or model training.
problem Improving model fairness without altering data or model training.
method Bilevel optimization with an outer optimizer for adaptive batch selection.
result FairBatch improves model fairness without changing data or model training.
Learning in adversarial settings is becoming an important task for application domains where attackers may inject malicious data into the training set to subvert normal operation of data-driven technologies. Feature selection has been widely used in machine learning for security applications to improve generalization a…
Model selection on validation data is an essential step in machine learning. While the mixing of data between training and validation is considered taboo, practitioners often violate it to increase performance. Here, we offer a simple, practical method for using the validation set for training, which allows for a conti…
DsDm selects data to improve model performance, avoiding handpicked notions of quality.
problem Selecting data for model training can lead to worse performance than random selection.
method Formulates dataset selection as an optimization problem, maximizing model performance.
result Selected datasets improve language model performance by 2x over baseline methods.
Designs an online selective sampling approach for choosing which model to use.
problem Active model selection for pre-trained classifiers in unlabeled data streams.
method Online selective sampling approach to query and label examples.
result High probability of outputting the best model with minimal label queries.
In their standard form Gaussian processes (GPs) provide a powerful non-parametric framework for regression and classificaton tasks. Their one limiting property is their O(N3) scaling where N is the number of training data points. In this paper we present a framework for GP training with sequential sele…
This paper introduces a new method for model selection and more generally hyperparameter selection in machine learning. Minimum description length (MDL) is an established method for model selection, which is however not directly aimed at minimizing generalization error, which is often the primary goal in machine learni…
Selecting more uniformly distributed data improves training efficiency and performance.
problem Improving data selection for training large language models (LLMs).
method Established a convergence framework for gradient descent beyond the NTK regime, proving that more uniform data leads to larger minimum pairwise distances and faster training.
result Selecting more uniformly distributed data accelerates training and achieves comparable or better performance in LLMs.
A new method selects clean samples to train DNNs with noisy labels.
problem Training deep neural networks with noisy labeled data.
method Adaptive k-set selection to choose clean samples at each epoch.
result The method guarantees performance with a theoretical bound on regret.
Improves GAN sample quality by refining the training dataset.
problem GANs generate unrealistic samples outside the data manifold.
method Instance selection to improve sample quality and reduce training time.
result Significantly reduces training time and improves sample fidelity.
Optimizes model training efficiency with core subset selection.
problem Escalating computational costs in large dataset training.
method Core subset selection for reweighting.
result Efficiently minimizes computational time and improves model performance.
Proposes faster neural network learning by using subsets of training data.
problem Manual design and validation of network topologies is time-consuming.
method Exploits subsets of training data at each incremental training step and performs online hyperparameter selection.
result Significantly reduces overall training time while maintaining performance.
LLMs can select predictive features without seeing training data.
problem Selecting the best features for prediction tasks.
method Zero-shot prompting LLMs with feature names and task descriptions.
result LLMs consistently identify predictive features across various mechanisms.
Many image and vision applications require a large amount of data for model training. Collecting all such data at a central location can be challenging due to data privacy and communication bandwidth restrictions. Federated learning is an effective way of training a machine learning model in a distributed manner from l…
Framework improves policy generalizability under biased training data.
problem Learning policies that generalize to a target population from biased training data.
method Characterizes sample selection bias using a selection variable, optimizes minimax value over uncertainty set, derives efficient algorithm.
result Policies generalize to target population, outperform standard methods.
This paper proposes a framework for certifying neural network defenses against data poisoning attacks.
problem Vulnerability of neural networks to data poisoning attacks.
method Random selection based defenses that average predictions on sub-datasets sampled from the training set.
result The certified radius of bagging derived by the framework is tighter than previous work.
We describe a method for selecting relevant new training data for the LSTM-based domain selection component of our personal assistant system. Adding more annotated training data for any ML system typically improves accuracy, but only if it provides examples not already adequately covered in the existing data. However, …
Machine learning is essentially the sciences of playing with data. An adaptive data selection strategy, enabling to dynamically choose different data at various training stages, can reach a more effective model in a more efficient way. In this paper, we propose a deep reinforcement learning framework, which we call \em…
A new method for dynamic feature selection outperforms existing approaches.
problem Sequentially selecting features based on current information in machine learning.
method Greedy selection of features based on conditional mutual information, combined with a learning approach for optimization.
result The method outperforms existing feature selection methods in experiments.
RENT selects stable features for robust model interpretation.
problem Stability in feature selection for robust model interpretation.
method RENT uses an ensemble of elastic net models trained on distinct subsets of data.
result RENT selects features with high stability improving model robustness.
A new IL framework estimates invariant predictors with single domain data.
problem Deep networks inherit spurious correlations and fail on unseen domains.
method Assumes multiple labeled domains for higher-level tasks, uses single domain for target task, employs cross-validation for hyperparameter selection.
result Empirically demonstrates effectiveness and correctness of hyperparameter selection.
New algorithms tackle data challenges in physics model selection.
problem Lack of labeled data, high dimensionality, and inapplicability of data augmentation techniques to physics data.
method Two algorithms: feature selection and data augmentation combined with classifiers and stacking ensemble.
result Achieved 90% accuracy on nonlinear structural mechanics classification problem.
The paper explores effective data selection methods for weakly supervised learning.
problem Efficiently selecting a subset of unlabeled data for weakly supervised learning.
method Using a surrogate model to predict labels and selecting a subset of samples for training.
result Data selection can significantly improve model performance over training on the full dataset.